EDWARDSVILLE – A mother is suing the Maryville Women's Center and Oliver Anderson Hospital for negligence, alleging her child suffered permanent brain injuries during delivery.
EDWARDSVILLE – A Kane Village resident is suing a driver for failing to yield the proper right of way while doing a left turn and causing a collision, injuring her.
Is St. Clair County Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson deserving of an Illinois Defense Counsel "Distinguished Service Award," an organization of attorneys devoted to representing insurers and corporations in civil litigation?
We’ve reached a breaking point on crime in Illinois and supermajority Democrats in the state legislature know it. So as June’s primary elections approach, they’ve introduced legislation to create a Crime Reduction Task Force that would “develop and propose ways to reduce crime across the state.” Legislators, law enforcement, policy experts, victims and witnesses would “review research and best practices while taking expert and witness testimony” and then issue findings and recommendations to lawmakers and the Governor by March 1 of next year.
Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson and Circuit Judge Richard Brown of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit were presented the Distinguished Service Award by the Illinois Defense Counsel on March 31.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Two experts failed to connect Nivea firming hydration lotion to a consumer’s skin damage, U.S. District Judge David Dugan ruled on March 23.
Illinois has earned a reputation as the place people like to leave. Data from the IRS, the Census Bureau, U-Haul and United Van Lines, and most recently from the Allied-Zillow Magnet States study, all show that Illinois is bleeding more people than almost any other state in the country. Practically all of the fresh leakage is due to outmigration driven by high taxes, arrogant governance, and toxic corruption.
Madison County Circuit Judge Chris Threlkeld denied a motion for sanctions against plaintiff’s counsel following a car crash case that ended in a mistrial after “Progressive Insurance” was mentioned in violation of a motion in limine.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Former trucker James Manier, who seeks almost $10 million from Page Trucking for crash injuries, must produce 10 years of records about 10 other factors harming his health.
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Beatty recused himself from a case about cracks in a church where family member Steven Beatty tended the flock.
Madison County Clerk Debra Ming Mendoza, Democrat, seeking a third term, will face off in the general election against the winner of the Republican primary.
The Village of Pontoon beach and two of its officers argue that a wrongful death lawsuit involving a police pursuit should be dismissed, arguing that the parents of the deceased passenger fail to assert any liability against the driver of the stolen vehicle and do not support their claim for willful and wanton conduct.
